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Tacitus is an admitted failure at smithing and can only produce nails, and even those are of questionable quality, much to Ghorza's frustration. When running the forge, he is shown to be very unconfident with his abilities, which is possibly the reason why he can only produce nails, despite Ghorza's teaching.

Even through his repeated failures, Tacitus seems to show a willingness to continue practicing his abilities.

Tacitus "When will I learn to forge weapons and armor? Isn't that my job?"Ghorza "Your job is to do what I say. And I say you have many nails and fittings to make before you even touch a blade. Now get to work."

Ghorza "Tacitus, what is this?"Tacitus "Uh, a nail?"Ghorza "Is that what you call it? In the Legion we would have called it "useless." Look how brittle the metal is!"Tacitus "I...I'm sorry. I just, well, the forge gets so hot and I thought..."Ghorza "You thought what? You skip a step? Not heat the metal all the way through? Useless! Now do it again."